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Saturday, June 27, 2015

Terraria 1.3 changelog

Ahhh good old Terraria. The indie game that got me interested in game development. And they've done it once again! Their previous major update was 1.2, and boy was it of epic proportions. It seems that 1.3 will be nothing less, promising over 800 new items. Eight HUNDRED good people! And, no DLC bullsh!t, this is a FREE update - all devs, including every single AAA one can learn from these guys! Best $10 I ever spent in my whole life!

Added an inventory button to Quick Stack to All Nearby Chests, making inventory management much quicker.

Quick stack now creates new stacks in your chests for items you have in inventory if applicable.

The Dye System has been overhauled to improve the general appearance of all Dyes.

Crafting Grid button now has new graphics for toggling.

Smart Cursor now also works for Paintbrush, Paint Roller, Paint Scraper, Buckets, Alchemy, Acorns, and Actuators.

Platforms will now automatically place as stairs if placed appropriately using Smart Cursor.

You can now right click clickable tiles when the mouse is hovering on them in Smart Cursor.

Expert Mode:

Expert mode can now be toggled in the World Creation Menu. This will trigger a host of changes, all designed to provide a greater challenge with the promise of greater rewards. Some of those challenges are listed below:

Enemies can pick up your gold when you die and attempt to run off with it. Kill them to retrieve your loot.

Monsters have a small chance to spawn in towns.

Some normal enemies have been given new AI.

Bosses have been given new AI.

Bosses will drop Treasure Bags containing powerful expert exclusive items to reward those up to the challenge.

Pots now drop more stuff when broken.

Ice Monsters gain an additional chance to freeze upon hitting the player.

Quest rewards give more money.

Bats have a chance to give the new Feral Bite debuff. This debuff will increase player damage but lower player health regen. This debuff will also cause other random debuffs to be applied to the player

Life Regen isn’t as effective unless the player has the Well Fed buff.

Vampire and Spectre healing is slightly less effective than in normal mode.

The Defense statistic is more effective than in normal mode.

Events:

Invasion Events now have a progress bar, showing how far along the player is towards completion.

The new randomly-triggered Slime Rain event is now included.

The Goblin Invasion event has been graphically updated and will have a new mini boss enemy in Hardmode.

The Pirate Invasion has a new mini boss.

The Blood Moon has a new graphical effect as well as several new enemies.

The Solar Eclipse can now be triggered with the Solar Tablet summoning item. This event also has several new enemies and rewards.

The new Martian Madness event can be triggered after the player defeats The Golem.

Cultists will now begin to spawn outside the Dungeon after the player defeats The Golem. Defeating them will start the beginning of the end.

Crafting:

You can now craft items from a chest while it is open without having to place its contents in the player inventory beforehand..

There is a new Alchemy Table that has a chance to reduce potion crafting cost.

Crafting Wooden Arrows now gives 10 per recipe instead of 5. Their cost has been reduced to 5 copper.

You can now craft Bone Platforms.

Greater Healing Potions now cost less to craft.

Holy Water is now slightly easier to craft.

You now craft Cursed, Demon, Frost, Ichor, and Ultrabright Living Fire Blocks.

You can now craft Gender Change potions.

You can now craft the Wormhole Potion. This potion allows you to teleport to any player on your team by clicking them on the map.

You can now craft Honeyfall Blocks and Walls.

You can now craft Chlorophyte Bricks and Walls.

You can now craft Crimtane Bricks and Walls.

You can now craft Shroomite Plating and Walls.

Beenades can now be crafted.

Water Candles can now be crafted.

You can now craft Crisp Honey Blocks.

You can now craft Sunplate Blocks and Disc Walls.

You can now craft Keys of Light and Keys of Night.

Pink Gel - and several items that are crafted from Pink Gel - have been added.

You can now craft Magic Water Droppers.

You can now craft Meteor Bricks and furniture.

You can now craft Granite and Marble furniture.

Martian Furniture can now be crafted.

You can now craft Enchanted Nightcrawlers.

Lowered the cost for Meteor Gear.

Space Gun now only requires Meteorite Bars.

Crimtane and Demonite bars now cost 3 ore.

You can now craft Target Dummies to test your damage per second.

Avenger Emblems are now crafted from any emblem and all 3 hardmode boss souls.

Neptune’s Shell is no longer craftable and is only dropped from the Creature from the Deep.